As sea turtle nesting season begins, Northwest Florida writer Jim McClellan and Apalachicola-based illustrator Dr. Lynn Wilder have teamed up to create a new children’s book, Starla’s Special Shore, which will be…
Category: Environment
Forever Chemicals: Earth Day screening unveils PFAS crisis
This Earth Day, Pensacola residents have a rare opportunity to understand an environmental crisis affecting our own backyard. On April 22, from 5:30 to 8 p.m., the Levin Papantonio law firm will…
Manatee Season Returns: How You Can Help Protect Them
As Gulf waters warm beyond 68°F, manatees are making their annual migration back to the northern Gulf region. These marine mammals, which spend winters in warmer southern waters, typically begin arriving in…
New Living Shoreline Assistance Program deals with coastal erosion
The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) has launched an initiative to help coastal property owners combat shoreline erosion in our region. The Basics: The Living Shoreline Assistance Program introduces nature-based…
UWF student brings high-tech to animal rescues
James “Brian” Barnes, a recent University of West Florida graduate, has transformed wildlife rescue efforts in Northwest Florida by applying geographic information science. Working with the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge (ECWR), Barnes’…
Yep, a tornado hit Ellyson
From Escambia County: The National Weather Service of Mobile released its damage survey following Tuesday’s severe weather that damaged warehouses in the Ellyson Industrial Park. The damage survey revealed an EF1 tornado…
City gets $5 million from USDOT
The City of Pensacola has secured $5 million in funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program for the Hollice T. Williams Stormwater Park Underdeck and Community Connector Project….
Bluffline Secures $1.2 Million DOT grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program has awarded Bluffline, Inc., a Pensacola-based nonprofit organization, a $1.2 million grant to study waterfront access improvements along Escambia Bay. The Escambia Bay…
Mayor Reeves: Grant will ‘improve the overall ecological health’ of Bayou Texar
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded the City of Pensacola $5.12 million in RESTORE funding for the Carpenter Creek Bayou Texar Outfalls Project to help improve Bayou Texar’s water quality and…
The Oyster Alliance supports coastal restoration
A new partnership in the Pensacola region is ensuring oysters consumed in local restaurants are recycled to support future coastal restoration projects in Pensacola and Perdido Bays. In August, the Pensacola and…
Foo Foo Fest 2024
We are upgrading inweekly.net, which is a bigger challenge than we thought. Here is the Oct. 31, 2024 issue: FOO FOO FEST 2024 Oct. 31-Nov. 11 foofoofest.com Don’t say there’s nothing to…
Real News: Mayor provides updates on Portland Loos, Bruce Beach and Stop Light Cameras
On “Real News with Rick Outzen” this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves gave updates on several outstanding projects. PORTLAND LOOS Early this past summer, Mayor Reeves reported that the installatioo for outdoor restrooms…
Daily Outtakes: City of Milton audit finds no fraud
The City of Milton received the preliminary findings from the Florida Auditor General’s operational audit. No fraud, waste, abuse, or illegal activity were identified. “The audit’s recommendations focus on enhancing internal policies…
Daily Outtakes: County pushes back against PNJ article
The only-daily newspaper struggled but found something in the Oct. 3 agenda to slam Escambia County government: Remodel of old Masonic Lodge in Brownsville runs nearly $700,000 over budget. Here’s why. The…
Mayor postpones Bruce Beach grand opening, bacteria issue
At his press conference this morning, Mayor D.C. Reeves announced that the Department of Health has discovered a high bacteria count in the run-off from a stormwater outlet near Bruce Beach. The…
Real News: This is the week for National Estuaries, Banned Books
The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program (PPBEP) invites the community to celebrate National Estuaries Week from Sept. 21-28. National Estuaries Week is a nationwide celebration of our bays and estuaries and…
Coastal Systems Training begins Oct. 2
UF/IFAS Escambia Extension is offering a Coastal Systems Training course open to anyone interested in obtaining a hands-on, in-depth education about Florida’s natural environment. The course begins Wednesday, Oct. 2 and ends…
Daily Outtakes: FDEP plan for hotels and golf in state parks criticized
On Monday, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) announced the launch of its 2024-25 Great Outdoors Initiative. In addition to increasing the number of cabins and lodges on park property, the…
Fight Gears Up Over Oil Drilling Permit in Northwest Florida
By Jim Saunders, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — A legal battle is moving forward over a plan to drill for oil and gas in part of rural Northwest Florida. The…
The Blue Trees are coming to Foo Foo Fest
The University of West Florida Historic Trust was awarded a grant by Foo Foo Fest and ACE to present The Blue Trees, an environmental art installation by Australian artist, Konstantin Dimopoulos, from…
